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Dr. William Leffler outlines what goes on in a refinery gas plant. He discusses the various paths and processes refiners use to separate and utilize the various gasses in the petroleum stream. Dr...

Dr. William Leffler outlines the cat cracking process and explains how it takes straight run heavy oils and cracks them into smaller, more valuable molecules. Dr. Leffler then outlines alkylation,...

Dr. William Leffler outlines the hydrocracking process and explains how this versatile unit in the refinery can easily produce various products like distillate and gasoline. Dr. Leffler then outlines...

Dr. William Leffler outlines the various techniques used to deal with residue in the refinery, including the coker, the delayed coker, and the flexicoker.Features & Benefits Easy-to-understand...

Dr. William Leffler outlines the demands of the internal combustion engine, and how that, along with the governmental restrictions placed on refineries, has shaped the way refiners produce and blend...

Dr. William Leffler outlines distillate and residual fuels, such as kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, and diesel fuels. He also discusses asphalt as a refinery product, and the various ways it is...

Large sets of petroleum fluid data exist for the various reservoir conditions and properties that occur in practice. Written by three internationally well-known and respected petroleum engineers,...

"The authors have years of distinguished career in the industry, including the portable consumer electronics industry. They have invested their knowledge and experience in the pages of this book......

The authors bring to this book their life-long experience and expertise in reservoir engineering and simulation techniques and practice. The goal is to present a comprehensive book, starting from...

This book uses a descriptive style on how to practically carry out reservoir simulations, written by a seasoned practicing simulation engineer. Mathematical development is kept to a minimum since...

This is one guide every process plant manager and frontline supervisor will want to keep on hand. Noted industry consultant Rex Kenyon draws from his results-driven practices for this handy reference...

by Leonard Kalfayan In this new second edition, author Leonard Kalfayan has updated his 2001 book on acid stimulation, one of the primary methods for improving. productivity of oil, gas, injection,...